Necktie-fastener.



W. H. LAUDE & F. PULESTON. NECKTIE FASTENER. APPLICATION FILED MAR.12, 1913.

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TT' T3 L41 QSTQ JUA" '6 wif/humano WILLIAM 11 LAUDE AND rREnEmcKrnLEsroN, or MoN'rIcEnLo, rowA.-

NEcKfrrE-FASTENER.

. Specification. o! Letters Patent. l I Patented Apr. 1.1,

To all 'whom 'itmay'concem Be it-known that we, l/VILLIAM H. LAUDE and Faeonaicn Poms-TON, citizens of' the United States, residing Aat Monticello, Ain the county ofA Jones and State of Iowa, have invented certa-in new and useful- -Improve'- ments .in Necktie-Fasteners; andwe do hereby declare the` following 'to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable' others skilled in. the: art t0 which it appertains to make and. use the same. y

This invention relates to neektie fasteners,

and it more particularly relates to fasteners' for bow ties. The prime object Vof the invention is to provide an improved vform of tie fastener' which may be quickly and easily applied fpr securing thetie in place on an ordinary turndown collar, being;r also applicable to standing collars. l Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener of this character which may be quickly and easily applied to any size-.or style of bow-tie. Another object is to provide.for protectingr the stitehesby whict cured to the bow-tie, so that Asaid stitches cannot be cut Jr worn by contact with the collar or other-object. Another object of the invention is to provide a fastener of this character which will efficiently hold onto the collar and retain its adjusted position thereon.

Another object is to provide a fastener of this'charaeter by means of 'which lthe tie is held in proper shape, so as to graceful appearance at all times. y

A further object is to provide a device of this character -which is simple of construc-4 tion and eomparatlvely inexpensive to manufacture. Other objects and advantages will be recited' hereinafter and in the claims.

-fastener applied thereto.

In the accompanying drawings, which sup- Vplernent this specification, Figure 1 is a rear elevatiefi view of a tie having our improved Fig. 2 is a top, plan view, and, Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the middle. of the' fastener.

In these drawings, in which similar reference characters correspond to similarparts throughout the several views, the tie, which .forms no part vof the present invention, is illustrated for the purpose .of showin the application ofv our'mventionLand is esigthe fastener is se,

present a nted by' the numeral 5. The tie holder consists of three elements 6, 7 and 8 respectively. The element`6 Ais referably stamped-freni sp'r'ingy sheetmet'ali, Such as steel, brass, or some suitable alloy, and this plate or sprin constitutes the 'hase member, being forme( with apertures 9 through which stitches of thread 10 are passed, for` securing the tie or bow thereto. The base (i is also provided with apertures 11 which are preferably semi` circular and are intersected by the median line of the base. These apertures` are preferably adjacent to the respective"`top `and bottom edges of the base and are separated by a. bridge 12, the sides of which latter are parallel with'said upper and lower edges of the base. This plate is also provided with grooves 13,`e'xtending from the. top edge to the'bottom edge and'com'municating with the apertures 9. These grooves or 'depres-I sions constitute thread seats,while'the adjabcent shoulders or ridges-M cons'titute threadprotecting means, since-obviously, the collar of thewearcr is held out of Contact with the threadsA or stitches l() by means of said shoulders,

The spring or clamp element 7V may also be stamped metal, and it maybe either of thesame kind or of-a-diiferent,kind of metal `'from that from --which the plate 6 is formed. This plate is formed with apertures 1 5 which'are intersected by itsinedian liue'anl wlich are of semicircular shape, being of tl e sameusize of and regi'sterintgr with the apertures 11. This plate is formed with'a' bridge 1G hetwee'n the apertures, said bridgereefistering with the bridge 12 and being clamped snugly thereagainst by means of a cla'mp or staple 8.v Obviously, this staplemust of ductile material, so that its opposite sides 1S may be 'passed through the apertures 11 and 15 and the ends 19 thereof may be bent inward, so that they lie flat upon the bridge 16. In practice, theA width of the bridges 16 and of -the sides or tongues 18 should be .substantially equahso that the plates ,or spring elements 6 and 7 are held in perfect alinement thereby; but. for 4the purpose of lucidiyillustrating the device, the sizes of these apertures have been exaggerated. I v

At opposite sides of the apertures 15, and equidistaut therefrom and fromfsaid medial line,.the member 7 is provided-with -shoulders or ridges 20, which are evenly curved` and extend from the bottom to the top of from any suitable kind 'of sheet.

said platel protect collar from contactwith the relatively sharp edges of the elementi l9.f-,-Between'these ridges 20,

"and communicating with the apertures 15 1 is agroove or recess 21, which provides suicient space forv the clenched ends 19 and also for fthe end of the collarfbutton" (not shown) between orunder said clenched ends.

T he opposite ends 22 arel preferably, curved somewhat abruptlyaway from Athe element each vhalfor wingjof the member lies vsnugl y Aagainstthe' element 6, when not in use, and `in .parallel relation 'thereto when applied 'to a collar, soI as topresent an ei:- l tensive bearing-surface upon each side of `or holding Ywith the maximum n appxyiria-ie #Nhb is atrend with this older, itiis'orilynecessary to y"1 place one of the V-sha ed notches 23 against the-'elements GH-'an'd Y7,v and the said edge of-l .".thefcollar:liesfadjacet to thel bridge 16,`

'prisingualibase plate adaptedr to be secured one of the forward ges of the collar and .A fmove the tie-holder laterall until the collar hasrjentered betweenthe a jacent wings of ereuponjlthe other front .ed e of the' colf tofenter the' other Vsshapedznotch and vtobe ',.slid between* the Other- .parof adjacent `wingsQofthe;spring'elements 6 and 7. It :1 onl xrer'nains .Y now.'.to raise for lower the hol er; relativetoth collar, until the; colla'rbutton'risseated-'between orbelow the eles ments '19; but, obviously,jit is not essential l that the collanbutton shall l-ie within the groove o r. collar-button seat, "for the fric`- tionalcon'taet. ofthe spring elements 6 and i 40,

,7 will ordinarilyliold the tie in proper posi- 1 -'ti on lindependently of the collar-button,

i'although-,ithenotch 21 is'useful for co-actingwith the;4 collar-button y in determining Whether th'otie isproperly applied in'central positiongr. not.- While we have described th.i s"tieholde`r in connection with 'a bow; "tie,- understood that we contem `-plateusirig this tie-holder on all forms 'ofV neck wear to which it may be'applicable.

It is obvious that We have provided a tieholder 'of this character which is fully caf pable of attaining the foregoing objects in a thoroughly practicaland eliicient manner.

We do not :limitV our invention" to the exact details of construction, combination and arrangement o'fpartsas herewith illus` trated and described, but our invention may only be l1mited by a reasonable rintverpretaj' tion of the claims.

We'claim: I 1. The herein `described Vtie-holder com prising .a base plate adaptedto be secured to a Vtie, a spring clamp element-.bent at its central portion to form a medial groove and spaced transverse shoulders adjacent said groove, one onleach'vside thereof, and a staple extending through said base plate and having its ends vbent into said groove and *A 'spaced from the'ends thereof, svhereby said ends may'co-act with the portions'of-the shoulders lying between the ends .and they end of the groove, in centering andretain-V ing thetie-holder on a collar button.

2. The hem-in described tie' helder com-f to atie, a spring clamp elementbent at' its central portion to form a1 medial groove, and

spaced transverse shoulders vadjacentsaid groove one 0n each side thereof, and connecting" means between vsaidbase plateand spring clamp element, saidconnecting means extendinfr into said ed to' co-act with the portions ofthe shoulders lying between the connecting means'.

and the ends of the groove in centering' and cove and adapt-` retaining the tie holder on acollar-button. 

